Me: An LA Cyclist
You: An Inverted U Bike Rack
I thought I could count on you. I was there. I thought you’d be waiting for me. I looked and looked and you were nowhere to be found. I asked and nobody had seen you. How could you leave me hanging like that?
This is getting old. I always end up having to depend on others and it’s just not the same. A tree, a signpost, once in a while another bike. I’ve even tasted the illicit thrill of locking my bike to a parking meter and risking the wrath of the LADOT. All temporary solutions.
But know this, there is no substitute for the confidence I experience when I see you and know that I will soon be leaning my bike against you, savoring the sound of my lock clicking closed and knowing that my bike is secure. Then I forget the others, I forgive you for being so elusive and difficult to find.
Inverted U Bike Rack, you’re perfect! You’re cheap, you’re simple, and if there were more of you, I’d grow confident that I could ride anywhere in this city, knowing that you’d be there waiting for me at the end of my trip.
I hope to see more of you on the Streets!

If you’re an LA cyclist and would like to meet a U Rack somewhere in the LA area, shoot us an email to bikeracks@illuminateLA.com with the following info and we’ll do our best to set it up!
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Are we seriously not supposed to lock our bikes to parking meters? They’re the best widely available bike racks out there as far as I can tell!
Yep, it’s against the law